darryl

Generalist nerd

Space, software, board games, puzzle games, general nerdery. Canadian. Middle-aged. Ask me whatever you want, but if it’s something about naked-eye/binocular astronomy, you’ll make my day

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FriendShapedCar
@FriendShapedCar
hella
@hella asked:

What is the least friendly car you know of?

Every American-made truck in the last, like, 15 years. Each new one worse than the last. The newest generation of pickups, even the Toyotas and Nissans, now just look like they are purpose-built to actively kill pedestrians. Though perhaps the worst of the worst, the meanest of the mean, are probably the newest Chevy Silverados

I'm not even bothering uploading this to my own host. I don't care if this link rots. I kind of want it to. Remove this image from existence, please.


molotovmocktail
@molotovmocktail

this truck fills me with such an incredible rage. I don't know how the people who designed it don't feel ashamed of themselves. It looks like their design brief was "make it kill toddlers" and they fucking delivered. It's the Blackwater of trucks. It is pure undiluted toxic masculinity. This is the truck you buy if you still think about that time in 3rd grade some kid got you with "Are you gay? Does your mom know your gay?" This is the truck you buy when you think whatever amount of success you've achieved in life is because you work hard and have a sigma mindset grindset. This is the truck you by if you think wiping your ass makes you gay. This is the truck you buy when you want me to hate you.


darryl
@darryl

Why is this on my timeline @molotovmocktail, you’re bringing down the aesthetic of the place


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in reply to @FriendShapedCar's post:

it has a solid metal chrome bumper despite being modern because lol "trucks" don't have to pass basic safety regulations, which is a styling choice i last saw on the cars in GTA III

immediately above it we have a gillete 3 blade razor and two headlights.

above that is another, smaller bumper, with a giant CHEVROLET banner cut into it.

above that is another, smaller grill, and two more headlights.

the hood is somehow slightly higher than the windows.

remember the 6000 SUX? same thing

indeed!!! i went insane when i learned that these huge monsters are also hated by actual working class folks who need trucks because 1) their beds are smaller (i now think 4 door trucks should be illegal outright) 2) the beds are so high that they have to break their backs lifting heavy items 3) visibility sucks ass and they don't like that while driving either!

i was talking to a gardener and he has a beautiful lowered toyota from the 90s that he jealously takes care of because he hates all these new trucks. so yeah its LITERALLY just a street-legal tank for insecure losers and nothing else

Oh 100%. My mom drove a 1989 Toyota pickup until ~2012, and it both (a) had a bigger bed than most of these, and (b) could fit comfortably in NYC-area parallel parking. Because what it didn't have was comfortable seats and room for three kids in the fucking cab

they really are terrible. My dad has a 92 Silverado and a 20xx Ram HD2500 and the HD just dwarfs the normal pickups of the early 90s and especially prior to then.

The most ridiculous part of it? Ford made the Maverick - a truck somehow built out of the Ford Focus? They literally can't make enough to respond to the demand for it! So many people don't want or need these fucking killdozers!

I love not being able to see oncoming traffic when crossing because the street is filled with parked trucks and SUVs. And I love getting yelled at when the guys in big trucks can't see me and nearly run me over in front of a park/preschool.

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